[jdk17] RFR: JDK-8225667: Clarify the behavior of System::gc w.r.t. reference processing [v2]
Kim Barrett
kbarrett at openjdk.java.net
Thu Jul 1 00:36:00 UTC 2021
On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 22:52:36 GMT, Mandy Chung <mchung at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> This spec clarification is a follow-up to [JDK-8224760](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8224760?focusedCommentId=14268320&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-14268320) w.r.t. reference processing. Since there is no guarantee for any memory reclamation by the invocation of `System::gc`, the spec should also clarify that there is no guarantee in determining the change of reachability of any objects or any particular number of `Reference` objects be enqueued and cleared.
>>
>> CSR:
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8269690
>
> Mandy Chung has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>
> Kim's suggestion on the wording
Looks good.
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Marked as reviewed by kbarrett (Reviewer).
PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk17/pull/183
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